I experimented with swing trading for a while, but just on paper because I seldom ever risk real money on unproven tactics. I discovered that I lost more money than I made. Although I have had great success with trend following as a method of making money, day/swing trades are now too volatile for me to profit from.
It is good not to be a trader than to be losing money, trading is not easy at all, it can be time consuming, consuming data, become stressful. Yet people are using their money to trade. If loses occur, not good at all after sacrificing such things and time. Best to just hold at times. If it is some traders, they may still open the position, and they would be losing by now. Although, trading can be profitable if certain things can be considered and if traders are not going beyond the tactics, but trading is very much risky.
That is why trading is not for everyone, but for those who are willing to take risks. Volatile market movements and bear market situations make
trading difficult. Moreover, we must take the time to monitor the market regularly and continue to improve our analytical skills, so that we can
make the right decisions. Trading is not as easy as imagined, I've only been trying to trade for several years, but the amount of loss I experienced
was still greater than the profit I made from trading. As you said if indeed we have sacrificed time and money then the results are not good.
Then it would be better to just focus on long-term investment in potential coins, it has lower risk and everyone can do that, most importantly
have patience. Therefore, for now, I prioritize long-term investment over trading.